A sumptuous banquet took place, followed by a distribution of doles and garlands.
Many of them fell into the slough of pauperism, and were saved from starvation by public doles.
Very little enthusiasm was shown in the matter by the people, who preferred the distribution of doles in the city to the prospect of distant allotments.
Pliny also asks for a decision on the status and maintenance of deserted children (65), and on the custom of distributing public doles on the occasion of interesting events in the life of a private citizen.
The £ 10 belonging to eight poor persons of this parish is distributed by the churchwardens in weekly doles of bread.
